Sr. Computer Scientist 1 (Front End)

The Opportunity
We seek an experienced lead engineer with extensive full-stack web development expertise and a passion for creating impactful user-facing experiences reaching millions. Within the Administration organization, you will help guide the technical direction and delivery of experiences (agentic and otherwise) across the Admin surfaces for enterprise customers.  You will work where front-end craftsmanship, backend architecture, and product strategy intersect.

What you'll do

• Technical Ownership: Design, implement, and maintain core components for Administration, with a focus on composability, re-usability and performance
• Innovation & Impact: Collaborate with engineering leadership to shape and rapidly deliver on a technical vision to address the complex needs of the platform,
• Engineering Excellence: Champion software engineering standards, including code quality, testing, and continuous integration/deployment.
• Design and Operate at Scale: Lead in the architecture and operation of large-scale, globally distributed systems. Ensure high availability and low latency in enterprise environments.
• Mentorship & Collaboration: Mentor junior engineers, lead design reviews, and foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning across the team.
• Customer Focus: Work closely with product managers and customer-facing teams to understand user needs and translate them into robust technical solutions.

What you'll need to succeed

• Over 10 years of software development experience with a history of guiding technical projects.
• Strong proficiency in front-end technologies including React, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Experience with backend technologies including Node.js, Express, RESTful API development, and GraphQL, AWS or other cloud platforms.
• Experience with modern build tools, bundlers, and front-end performance optimization techniques.
• Familiarity with monitoring and telemetry tools like New Relic, Splunk, etc.
• Strong understanding of build systems, component architecture, and responsive/accessible web development.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence across teams.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., AI-native IDEs like Cursor or Claude Code) to accelerate implementation, testing, and debugging workflows.
• A passion for learning, hard work, and having fun while doing it all.
• Exposure to agentic development patterns, including tool orchestration, agent-to-agent communication, or AI-enabled backend services and harnesses.
• Familiarity with server-side rendering (SSR), edge computing, or static site generation frameworks (e.g., Next.js).
• Experience with content management systems or personalization platforms at scale.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. 

Let’s Adobe together

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